A petition to cancel TLC's upcoming My Husband's Not Gay reality special is apparently gaining momentum with the public, but not the network.
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TLC announced plans last month to debut My Husband's Not Gay on Sunday, January 11 at 10PM ET/PT, yet many gay rights groups are rebelling, Us Weekly reported.
Filmed in Salt Lake City, UT, My Husband's Not Gay explores three unconventional Mormon marriages in which the men are happily married to women yet find themselves attracted to guys as well. The couples coin such feelings as "Same Sex Attraction" rather than "gay." The show will also feature one other man of questionable sexuality attempting to date despite his "SSA."
The show's premise inspired a Change.org petition. According to Us, a gay Christian man named Josh Sanders created a petition directed at the network called "Cancel your upcoming TV show, My Husband's Not Gay." As of Tuesday morning, the petition racked in 76,911 signatures toward its goal of 150,000 supporters.
"This January, TLC will debut My Husband's Not Gay, a TV show that promotes the false and dangerous idea that gay people can and should choose to be straight in order to be part of their faith communities," Sanders reportedly wrote on Change.org.
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"As a gay Christian man who's seen first hand how this message can harm people, I am calling on TLC to cancel My Husband's Not Gay and to stop telling America that LGBT people should lie to themselves and to their faith communities about who they are and who they love."
The advocate group GLAAD also expressed how the show is "downright irresponsible" and "dangerous" to LGBT people.
The petition, however, apparently doesn't phase TLC.
"TLC has long shared compelling stories about real people and different ways of life, without judgment," a representative for the network said in a statement obtained by Us. "The individuals featured in this one-hour special reveal the decisions they have made, and speak only for themselves."
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